The Jocular Junction

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News

* [ ] Happy Halloween!

* [ ] Cairn 2e is available now on itch.

* [ ] DMG 2024 in my hands!

* [ ] Too much put on D&D Beyond.

* [ ] Comic Con in London featured the Baldur’s Gate 3 cast playing D&D 2024

* [ ] Ravenloft Novel: Heir of Strahd

* Synopsis

* [ ] Five strangers armed with steel and magic awaken in a mist-shrouded land, with no memory of how they arrived: Rotrog, a prideful orcish wizard; Chivarion, a sardonic drow barbarian; Alishai, an embittered tiefling paladin; Kah, a skittish kenku cleric; and Fielle, a sunny human artificer.

* After they barely survive a nightmarish welcome to the realm of Barovia, a carriage arrives bearing an invitation:

Fairest Friends,

* [ ] DriveThru RPG has a “No AI-Content” filter

* [ ] Wizkids announces: Edge of the Realms, a mapmaking Forgotten Realms Board Game

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] ElfQuest Classic Deluxe (Kickstarter)

* [ ] Downcrawl 2E (Backerkit)

* [ ] Salvage Union Starter Set (Backerkit)

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.7 on Itch! (FREE)

* [ ] Changes after playtest

* [ ] Focus on gameplay first, character creation second.

My Games

* [ ] DCC Tomorrow!

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News

* [ ] Lucien is back!

* [ ] Perkins is now “Creative Director”

* [ ] DMG 2024 - on D&D Beyond Oct 29th, Print November 12th

* [ ] Pathfinder 2e - War of the Immortals

* [ ] Starfinder 2e - Empires Devoured

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] Monte Cook Games - The Darkest Woods (Backerkit)

* [ ] The Widow’s Web 5e (Kickstarter)

* [ ] Lots of TTRPG Humble Bundles going on (affiliate)

* [ ] The Broken Empires (Kickstarter)

* [ ] D100 system, No Classes skill based, Free form magic, travel and social intrigue rules, Solo play option

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.7 on Itch! (FREE)

My Games

* [ ] Planegea today!

* [ ] DCC Recap

* [ ] Lucien Dungeon of the Mad Mage

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News

* [ ] Ars Magica open License

* [ ] Chris Perkin’s stepping down as Project Lead

* [ ] DMG 5.5 will be released Nov 12th

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] Ars Magica Definitive Edition (backerkit)

* [ ] Mycologist’s Primer (kickstarter)

* [ ] Discworld gets a TTRPG (kickstarter)

* [ ] Vaesen Expansions (Kickstarter)

* [ ] Lots of TTRPG Humble Bundles going on (affiliate)

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.7 on Itch! (FREE)

* [ ] Layout update to MD6

* [ ] Planegea: NOD, Shadowfell, Feywild, the Far Realm

My Games

* [ ] Planegea today!

* [ ] DCC tomorrow~

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News

* [ ] Video Unclear

* [ ] D&D ‘24 - Showcasing new DMG

* [ ] Bastions? Better than Strongholds and Followers? Better than Acquisitions Inc?

* [ ] Magic Items, new and old, plus crafting rules

* [ ] Witch + Craft

* [ ] Battlezoo Bestiary 5e

* [ ] Oct 15th the Embargo lifts

* [ ] Horizons TTRPG Magazine

* [ ] CR: Vox Machina Season 3 is out

* [ ] Universal Fan Fest Nights

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] Dragon Town by JP Coovert

* [ ] Historica Arcanum: Echoes of Renaissance (5E+)

* [ ] Enter the Labyrinth (5e / TOV)

* [ ] Lots of TTRPG Humble Bundles going on (affiliate)

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

* [ ] Tower of Babel - Senlin Ascends (affiliate)

My Games

* [ ] Epic Planegea game!

* [ ] DCC tomorrow~

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News

* [ ] D&D 2024 is out!

* [ ] Did they sell much less, or much more than 2014?

* [ ] WotC says this is the fastest selling PHB of all time.

* [ ] Miska the Wolfspider Mini, looks pretty bad

* [ ] Welcome to Spook-tober!

* [ ] I want to run the Darkest House with Kids on Bikes

* [ ] FanX in SLC

* [ ] Cosplay Fun

* [ ] D&D Panels

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] Dragon Town by JP Coovert

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

* [ ] Learning Affinity Publisher to make Modular D6 look cool~

* [ ] Public Domain / CC art, but I might start drawing soon.

* [ ] Sooth Deck (Invisible Sun) podcast - Dice Breaker

My Games

* [ ] I played Mork Borg for the first time.

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News

* [ ] WotC CEO talks about using AI in his games, and with the future of D&D.

* [ ] Laid off WotC employee previously warned about AI.

* [ ] Want to use AI for Game Masters, vs the stance on AI Art.

* [ ] RPGs are becoming viewed as art, but WotC views it as brand profits.

* [ ] Bob Observation: Darington Press not a featured partner on D&D Direct.

* [ ] D&D preorders via Paypal might be canceled.

* [ ] 20 Sided Tavern to host celebrity guests.

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] Knave 2e Adventure Jam

* [ ] Transformers Humble Bundle

* [ ] Lost works of Gygax

* [ ] Star Trek Adventures 1e

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

* [ ] Using Shadowdark to play Ravenloft Adventures

My Games

* [ ] DCC Dying Earth is in uncharted territory!

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News

* [ ] Draw Steel playtest out for backers

* [ ] MCDM’s Draw Steel Creator License

* [ ] Compared to Paizo’s ORC License?

* [ ] Changes to 2024 D&D on DnD beyond compared to books.

* [ ] Day 1 Errata?

* [ ] Greg Tito leaves WotC

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Faster Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 1

* [ ] DMs Guild: Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone

* [ ] Interactive Eberron Map

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - The Great Visp Hunt

* [ ] Next Module, level 3 - Magnific Machinations at the Grand Exposition of Marvels

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News

* [ ] D&D Direct August 27th on YouTube.

* [ ] Cosmere RPG Kickstarter finished at $14,692,791

* [ ] Shipping Estimated September 2025

* [ ] Someone made an Alien Romulus module!

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] BLAME!

* [ ] DamiLee Video on BLAME!

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - The Great Visp Hunt

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News

* [ ] D&D Direct August 27th on YouTube.

* [ ] Alt Covers delayed outside of North America.

* [ ] UK and Europe - Oct 18

* [ ] Australia - Oct 24 (BIRTHDAY!)

* [ ] New Zealand - Oct 31

* [ ] Dungeon Master’s Guide 11/12/2024

* [ ] Monster Manual 02/18/2025

* [ ] D&D Beyond to include 2014 and 2024, but merge some rules?

* [ ] It was problematic including playtest material, doing both editions is going to be difficult.

* [ ] New spells will replace old versions

* [ ] Or they won’t?

* [ ] Secret Level - Animated series Dec 10th

* [ ] Features Tiamat, and other game stories.

* [ ] New Paizo book features Six New Schools of Magic

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Our Golden Age (OGA) - Backerkit

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Bloomburrow and Mousefolk!

* [ ] Ptolus! Amazing setting, really neat.

* [ ] Alien Romulus as a dungeon crawl.

* [ ] Barrowmaze! An OSR mega dungeon

* [ ] Sword World - What if TTRPGs developed without D&D’s influence?

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - the Laughing Idol of Lar Shan tomorrow!

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News

* [ ] What happened!?

* [ ] Great video by Bob World Builder on what is a Ranger?

* [ ] Dragonlance Legacies - a new Trilogy from Weis and Hickman

* [ ] Dragonlance Chronicles releases Feb 4th 2025

* [ ] Nu5e - are Lair Actions gone?

* [ ] Weird Tales Shadowdark Game Jam

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Cosmere RPG

* [ ] Beta Rules Available

* [ ] Demiplane has a Cosmere Nexus

* [ ] Kobold Press - Labyrinth

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Need to write spells descriptions, and a few monsters.

* [ ] Cypher Character Generator

My Games

* [ ] Mushrooms worked in Planegea!

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - the Laughing Idol of Lar Shan tomorrow!